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CHAMBER OF COMMERCE OPEN FORUM | BACKS CITY FUND FOR HEALTH WORK Voles to Petition City Meet- ing Board for $6,000 Den- tal Hygiene and $5,500 for Health Instruetion, About 70 people, most of them members of the Chamber of Com- merce or leaders in community |ife, went on record last night by motion to petition Mayor O. 1. Curtis and the city meeting hoard to incorporate in the annual budget the $6,000 asked for dental hygiene in the schools, and the $5,600 asked by the school district for health instruction in the schools, Tt was the first open forum, held by the Chambér of Commerce, and, although the program, was somew hat crowded, it was declared an unquali- fled success and will be the fore- runner of many similar sessions in the future. P. T King, chairman of the board of police commissioners, was. intro- duced by President John (. Loomis and preslded as toastmaster, Dr. Meredith Speaks. The first speaker was Dr. A, B, Meredith, state commissioner of edu- cation. Dr. Meredith in opening, his address said he was present as spokesman and attorney for 350,000 youig people and their parents, He spoke on the theory that the Yuture welfare of American business depends entirely on public schools today. He said the advancing costs of education are due partially to the fact that conditions are changing and that today the citizen must take his proper part in the problems of the world, and not remain isolated, as did the citizen of 35 or 40 years ago. Among the various items he men- tioned as requiring betfer educational ecquipment were modern economic angd soclal conditions, increasing knowledge of humap nature, prob- lems which demand better and more expert teachers, the doing away with the trade schools by manufacturers and putting this duty up to the schoois, lack of proper training in discipiine and manners in the home, shifting of some of the burdén from the churches to the schools, and the need of clean, safe, sanitary and ade- quote sehool buildings. Abhors Retrenchment Talk. He said there should be no talk of retrenchment, The school district should be independent of municipal financial = interests and concluded with the warning that, “The tendency to spend less money on schools will h a tendency to drive good teach- crs out of the profession."” S. H. Holmes Speaks. The problem of the increased cost of schools is not peculiar to New Brit- ain, but is the problem facing school distvicts all over the country, accord- ing to Superintendent Stanley H. Holmes. Mr. Holmes quoted figures fo show that the local teachers are not being paid any higher. than any- where else in the state. ‘“Teachers are not receiving any more nor as much as they ought to have,” he said TROUBLED WITH PIMPLES ON FACE Hard, Largeand Red. ltched and Burned, Cuticura Healed. 1 was troubled with pimples and blackheads on my face. The pim- ples were hard, large and red, and festered and ocaled over. They itched and burned causing me to scratch and irritate my face. My face looked awful. ‘I sent for a free sample of Cuti- cura Sosp and Ointment which helped me so I purchased more, and after using two cakes of Cuticura Soap and one box of Cuticura Oint- ment I was healed.” (Signed) Miss Mary Silva, 17 Daly St., Lowell, Macs., Sept. 14, 1921, Cuticura Soap, Ointment and Tal- cum promote and maintain skin pu- rity, skin comfort and skin health often when all else fails. smpla Baed Mall. Addrovs: “Outionrs Lad- oy "f'l}u-t Mo " Bl erey. hers. Soep e, Ointment 25 and Ke. Talewm 6B Calicar Soap shaves oe. TRY SULPHUR ON - ECZEMA SKIN Costs Little and Overcomes Trouble Almost Over Night Any breaking out of the skin, even fiery, itching eczema, can be quickly oyercome by applying Mentho-Sul- phur, declares a noted skin specialist. Decause of its germ destroying pro- perties, this sulphur preparation in- stantly brings ease from skin irrita- tion, soothes and heals the eczema right up and leaves the skin clear and smooth It seldom falls to relieve the tor- ment without delay. Sufferers from skin trouble should obtain a small jar of Mentho-Sulphur from any good druggist and use it like cold cream. Today’sBeauty Talk A New York woman says: “I have used Parisian sage two weeks, and my hair has wonderfuily increased in beauty, seems much heavier, and is entirely free of dandruff.” It's inex- pensive and sold at ull drug and toilet counters. BEST DANCERS AT FOX’S MONDAY EVE. Referring to a cheaper grade of teach er he added: A poor teacher is an expensive thing at uny price" Where Costs Come In, Some approximate figures of special classes were given by Mr, Holmes to show the increased costs of education: The local achool district spends about $4,200 w year teaching the mentally handicapped; about $10,000 g year, in cluding the feeding every day of the undernourished, for the physically handicapped: $0,000 pe.educating backward children; $2,000 for immi grant children who must be taught to speak English, “All of this could be ent out if the voters didn't want it," sald Mr, Holmes, “but it wouldn't be good for those children and would be a sad misfortune for the others, Americanization Work, The fact that only 11,000 people in the city, out of a possible 65,000 are American born, was eited as a need for Americanization work. “The need for Americanization work is gregt and | the school board shall not be reareant in its duty,” he said. 'The state pays $1,500 for this work and the city 000, making a total cost of $3,h00, The physical education in schools is made compulsory by the state and costs $15,000 a year. The attendance department, enforcing truant laws, cost $4,600 a year more than it did some years ago with one truant of- ficer, Medical Inspection, Medical inspection, he reported, is limited and unsatistactory. “It is ridiculous to expect one nurse to take care of 10,000 children,” he said. 2,350 is allowed for ‘this work. In vacation schools, helping pupils who through misfortune or other causes have faited to make their grades, $1,500 a year is spent. I'or a work shop in ene Junior High school such as now operated in another, an appro- priation of 85,000 has heen asked. “Whether we are successful in get- ting it or not,” he maid, ‘“the need exists and always will exist, Vocational training costs, $15,000 a year. A di- rector of tests and surveys costs $2,400 a year and saves the school district considerably more than that in work, “Dancing, music, cooking and sew- ing cost about $100,000 a yea All these can be dispensed with, the voters wish to lower the standard of the schools, but it would be a mis- fortune to do so.” Tllustrating the rise in costs, he showed where supplies in general, in- cluding butter and eggs, brooms, pails, | paper, pencils, ink, etc., cost $1.25 per child in 1913, $1.91 in 1916 and $3.59 in 1920, Teachers’ Salaries. The average salary for men in the| elementary grades in 1913 was $900 a year, for women in the same grade #536; for men in High school $1,350 and for women High school teachers | $708. In 1916 elementary men teachers were earning $1,060 a year and women $690. Meu in the High school were being paid $1,200 and women $820. In 1920 and 21 men in the elementary grade had jumped from $900 to $2,056; women from $536 to $1,543; men in High school from 31.35Q to $2,5612 and women from $708 t& $1,736. In 1914 the school district paid $119,480 in salaries. In 1920 and 21 it paid $457,009. Tn 1914 the cost per pupil was $33.69, in 1821 it was $81.39. If there had been no advance in costs whatever the budget, would | have increased -$100,000 to take | care of 'the increased number of pupils. © Due to salary increases the budget has risen $277,000; to extra activities $37,000, to school growth $100,000; and to increased costs of tuition, including the Camp and Bart- lett schools $25,000; the expenses of general control have risen $7,200; and miscellaneous items $74,000, Dr. Zwick Speal “Without a healthy body a child is not equipped, for a good mental ed- ucation. 1f you want the best brand you must pay for it,” said Dr. Jrank Zwick, chairman of. the health board. “Health is purchasable,” he contin- ued. He showed how New Britain spends but 28 cents a year per child for health instruction, while Bridge- port spends $3.22 per child. This, he emphasized, was not the fault of the achool department nor the superin- tendent. He told how 96 per cent of the children in the first five grades had defective teeth. “Eight out of 10 diseases gO through the mouth,” he said. “No wonder we have so many commun- icable diseases in our city." The Legal Side. The legal side of the health in- struction in schools was told by Krank G. Vibberts, chairman of the committee « on health and sanitation. Mr. Vibberts said the granting of the $5,500 asked by 'the school depart- ment for physical education and the $6,000 asked by the health hoard for dental instruction, gould bring the cost per child up to $1.25 in this city | as compared to Rridgeport's $3.22; Greenwich's $1.70. Cannot Comply With Law. According to Mr. Vibberts, the | school board pays $450 a year each to three part time physicians and $1,200 a year to a school nurse. This, he said, would not buy the careful ex- amination of every child, required by law. The same force was.busy when there were only 6,700 pupils in the schools. Now there are 10,000 Mr. Slade's Figures, Principal 1. P. Slade, of the High school, announced that three phy- siclans, working eight hours a day, allowing 10 minutes per child, would have to work ahout 68 days to ex amine the children, and would be get- ting about $6 a day, each. Mr. Pelton Speaks. E. W. Pelton spoke of the need of auditoriums in schools. Superintend- ent Holmes was called upon again and said a few words in favor of anditor- fums. Community Spirit. He told of the fostering of the community spirit andithe importance of teaching children how to work, act and think in public. Kranowitz Starts Something. Willlam C. Kranowitz apoke on the dental clinic. He took exceptions to persons who have referred to this work as a fad and paild it was no more a fad than the Visiting Nurse assoclation nor any other physical welfare. movement. Mr. Kranowitz then made a motion that it be the his| NEW BRITAIN DAILY HERALD, THURSDAY, FEBRUARY 16, 1 be sent to the mayor wnd the city meeting hoard asking favorable action | on the subject of dental hyglene, On | request of Dr. Fred T, Lee, kuperin tendent of health, he included in his | motion the $K,A600 asked by the school board for health education The motion was seconded by Dr, Clif- ford Vivian and passed unanimously Stahl's Suggestion, I H, Stahl suggested sliding par titions between the. class rooms, 1o form anditorfums, similar to some he has seen in New York and' Philadel. phia schools, . He was informed hy Mr. Vibherts that the idea had been tried hefe and found not practicul. Mrs, Kimball Wants Clinie, Stating that she was in the class of a new broom which sweeps clean, | Mrs. A. G. Kimball, member of the school hoard, said the people of this ¢ity never would have raised the $1,600 to start. the dental clinie if they did not want it, She advised ever body to “pull for the clinic.” Dr. Lee's Ideas, Health Superintendent Dr, Fred T Lee said the idea of health instruc- tlon in public &chools had gone he- | yond the experimental stage and is a pressing need in New Hritafn, He said there #hould be one nurse for every 2,000 pupils. Hg spoke of the children of foreign horn parents drinking coffee and tea at an carly age, and said this city is one of the smallest users of milk in the state, Dr. Vivian Offers Aid. WALTER 0.C00KIS DIST. FIRE WARDEN Power o Arrest Withont Warrant ~Will Use Scout Troops ! Walter O, Cook, Boy Hcout exscy tive for New Tritair, has been noti- fled by State Foreater Austin 19, Hawes of Hartford, of his appointment as district fire warden in the New Rrit ain district, Heretofore the town and distriot | fire wardens were appointed by select. men, bhut a recent act of legislature requires the state forester {o make the | appointment, May Apppint Deputies, In a district where there is a dis. | trict warden, there will be no town warden, but the distriet warden is authorized to appoint as muny depnt- |ies as,are necessary to assist him. Mr. Cook probably will appoint scoutmas- |ters in this district. The term of of- fice expires December 31 and ap- | pointments are made annually Boy Scouts Honored, Mr. Hawes plans to make use of the Boy Scout movement in fighting for- Dr. Clifford Vivian spoke on great need of dental instruction and hygienein the schools, and sald the New RBritain Dentul society was back of the moverent to-@ man. He said he would be glad to be called upon at any time to assist the movement. Miss Fallon Gives Views, Miss 1ila Iallon, assistant to Su- perintendent Holmes, said the teach- |ers of New Britain are doing remark- ably good work to keep down retarda- [tion in schools, but: warned against cutting salaries and getting a poorer grade of teachers. TRADE SCHOOL IS | ONCE MORE WINNE R Defeats Bloomficld High School At Baskethall By Score Of 22 To 0. The New Britain State Trade school baskethall team defeated the Bloom- field High school team 22 to 9 and the Plainville A, ., 15 to 13 last | night at the High school gymnasium. The local traders, with four of the regulars out of the lineup were fore- ed to play the same men in bhoth games. Kulikowski and Kamenicky were the stars for New Britain, while both Witham and I'resen played hart games. During the last half of the first game, I'resen was forced to re- tire because of injuries, but was able to get back into the lineup againsi Plainville. The results of the games were a surprise to the followers of “the black and orange” as it was thought that the regulars would find difficulty in taking a game from the fast Plain ville aggregation. ed with the score 9 to 3 for Plain- ville. Jn the last half, the Trade team tightened up and with some clever pass work dropped in three haskets. A close defense allowed Plainville to score only two baskets during the whole period. With a minute to go, the score stood tied. Plainville' mis ed a foul and the Traders prompt took the hall down the floor, lLaurin- aitis dropping in the winning basket. For Bloomfield Wurdig played well. For Plainville, Smith and Hird play- ed well. Summary: NoyBe-T-.8 Bioomfield H. Miller ..... I’ Engenis, Maher, (" Right IForward Fresen, Laurinaitis ..... Wurdig Left Forward * Kamenicky ..... R ) Center Kulikowski MeCormick Right Guard Witham A, Dwyer Left Guard Score — N. H.. 22; Bloomfield, 9. Field goals — Kamenicky, 6; Iresen, 3; Miller, 2 Wurdig, D'Engenis. Goals from foul—Wurdig. Scorer— Person. Timekeeper—Wald, Referee| Time—15 minute periods. Plainville A, ¢, Slmlh‘ Hird Kamenicky vvv... Bughee Center Kulikowski, Laurinitis Rocan Right Guard foeiiiiai.. Smidberg Left Guard | Score N. B. 15: Plainville, 13. Field goals—Kamenisky, 3: Iresen, Laurinitis. = Goals from fouls— Wit- ham, 5; H Scorer—Person. Time keeper—Wald. Referce—Tobin, Time —15 mifiute periods Witham School Board Will Provide For Trade Fducation—Site For New Building Already Considered, The school accommodations com mittee of the school hoard is drafting | a recommendation for a hond issue of | $100,000 for 'a new trade school to provide accommodations for 850 stu- dents. The proposed building is to be erected on the l.ong and Voight sites on South Main street. The bullding of such a school will not only afford adequate facilities for trade education work, but also wiil release 24 school rooms in the High school for regular school purposes, it is explained. Fure lard, 12c 1b. Russell Bros. .‘Aarl\-'. McAll Auxiliary to Hear Talk by Mrs. H: B. Humason The first regular meeting «of the New Britain McAll Auxiliary will be held at the home of Miss ‘Cornelia Chamberlain, T'riday afternoon, at 3 o'clock. Mra. Marris B. Humason will give a personal sketch of her. experi- ence with a French war orphan. Dur- ing the talks the ladies will occupy themselves with hand sewing for the refugee work. A large attendance js desired and expected. Fresh eggs, 2 doz, $1. Russell Bros. sénse of the meeting that a petition the | The first half end-| {thinks too much | i | | | | | R O. COOK s in this state and by so doing has officially recognized the Boy Scout organization as an important factor to deal with henceforth. The letter to Mr. Cook says in part: “In reorganizing our forest fire sery e, T have felt that the hoy scout or ganization can he of greater use in the prevention of forest fires through out the state. Mr. Roberts, in Meri- den, and Mr. Workman, in Ridge- field, have conperated with us for a number of years and have been of great dssistance in preventing fires.”| Warden's Duties | The New RBritain district includes all of New Britain, the southeast cor- ner of Farmington, taking in the ter- ritory on both sides of the reservoir 2nd up to Rattlesnake \ountain. Mr. Cook, who has peen critically ill at his home on Hungerford court since Sunday, is recovering and ex- pects to be able to leave his hed with- | in a week. He has formulated some | extensive plans for patroling the for- sts in this district with scout lroops,l crganizing the different patrols in the | various troops into fire patrols, es- tahlishing lookout stations, ete, | ALDRICHEXPLAINS HIS FOOTBALL DEA' President Lowell of Harvard Re- | sponds at Same Dinner Boston, I'eb. 16, nndergraduate of gridiron and of The views of an prominence on the an edycator who | has been made of foothall heard from the same table when Malcolm P. Aldrich, cap- tain of the Yale eleven last fall and A. lawrence Lowell, president of Harvard university spoke at the an- nual dinner of the Yale club of Bos- | ton last night. Paunlts Lxaggerated. The faults in football have heen exaggerated Aldrich said. The game as a whole s under attack bhecause several small faults had been given | undue prominence. Football has mere- were Iy kept in stride with the wishes of the public instead of football luring | the public to follow it. The part that the gridiron sport plays in the ath- letic life of the college was indicat- ed, he said, in the fact that it sup- ported nearly all the other sparts of the college. He hoped President Low- ell and DPresident Angell of Yale, would reach some happy agreement ! as to the football of the future, but thought there was little need for change. Lowell Responds. President Lowell answered Aldrich's point about football’'s contribution Qn‘ the athletic treasury by saying that | all necessary college athletics could be supported without the aid of the revenue from spectacular public ex- hibitions. He disapproved of carry- ing the idea of public exhibitions in college athletics too far. While be- lieving there should be annually one supreme struggle between Harvaard ad Yale in football he thought the habit which had grown up of pro- viding exhibitions for enormous crowds almost every week for a cer- tain period in the fall was open to objection. As a result the public was led to helieve that sports were the sole purpose of college life. Praise For Aldrich. The undergraduate, President Low- ell thought, preserved a true balance of the impértance of all the activities, but the alumni and, to a greater de- THE DANCE CONTEST AT FOX’S ON MONDAY EVE. —advt 09292 Electric Washing Machines USED BUT IN PERFECT CONDITION We have only a few and they are real bargains—Some have been turned in toward the purchase of the new model Thor and some were only used for demonstration — Every machine guaranteed the same as a new one. The Spring & Buckley Electric Co. 75-77-79-81 CHURCH STREET TEL. 2240 DON'T . Extra Special FORGET " Club Sale and Demonstration cduction less than cash price (on Our Club Sale means a big payments) it you buy PRELL w. Fllis, SHK Artist, will be w We allow f $10.00 to 830.00 for your old sewing machine in exchange for “THE 1T rews & h us, THE BIG FURNITURL STORE 132 Main St.. New Britain, Conn, John A. And gree the general public did not be- If is already practically impossible| hundred pounds of hay is an cause they saw only the spectacular. |to obtain fuel here and as one conse | average daily ration for an elephant, The Harvard president paid trib- | quence the bread supply is endanger — — ute to the Yale captain as an ideal ed Several of the gas and electri I'rince of Wales is exempt from in- undergraduate, and cited instances of | city plants outside Copenhagen are| come tax, but his hrothers are not. sportsmanship shown by him in the supplied with coul for only a few - —_— Harvard-Yale game of la‘t fall. Al-|day The lockout includes harhor I'resh eggs, 2 doz. $1. Russell Bros, drich previously had praised the | workers in most of the ports and it is' - advt ) qualities of sportsmanship of f{he|feared the towns to the north of (o —y | Harvard team. penhagen will he plunged into dark 1 X ness shortiy, | | The trouble arose hecause of an at 150’000 LOGKED OUT [ tempted 20 per cent. cut in we ENTER with longer hours, Compromisc Eiad or o N e | posals have heen rejected by neary DANCE CONTEST | General Lockout Declared Tn Den- |41l the trade unions AT FOX'S : mark A< Result Of Serious Tabor| Iresh cggs, dlc doz Russoll Bros MONDAY EVE. advt | Diffcrences, Copenhagen, Feb, 16 (By Asso- | ciated Press) The general lockout | declared yesterday throughout Den. | mark, affecting nearly all industries | and_about 150,000 employes, had not| up to this forenoon been met by the retaliatory move of a general strike | which some organized labor elements threatened. 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